7 Strange Questions That Help You Find Your Life Purpose

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I found this article very applicable to questions we do really need to ask ourselves. Questions that perhaps only we can answer for ourselves. You should really read this article twice and be totally realistic in what it says. Does it apply to ourselves and if so how? When we face the truth, we should not avoid it, but meet it head on. Most importantly, do something about the truth and not just wave it away.

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7 Strange Questions That Help You Find Your Life Purpose

September 18, 2014 by Mark Manson

One day, when my brother was 18, he waltzed into the living room and proudly announced to my mother and me that one day he was going to be a senator. My mom probably gave him the “That’s nice, dear,” treatment while I’m sure I was distracted by a bowl of Cheerios or something.

But for fifteen years, this purpose informed all of my brother’s life decisions: what he studied in school, where he chose to live, who he connected with and even what he did with many of his vacations and weekends.

And now, after almost half a lifetime of work later, he’s the chairman of a major political party in his city and the youngest judge in the state. In the next few years, he hopes to run for office for the first time.

Don’t get me wrong. My brother is a freak. This basically never happens.

Most of us have no clue what we want to do with our lives. Even after we finish school. Even after we get a job. Even after we’re making money. Between ages 18 and 25, I changed career aspirations more often than I changed my underwear. And even after I had a business, it wasn’t until I was 28 that I clearly defined what I wanted for my life.

Chances are you’re more like me and have no clue what you want to do. It’s a struggle almost every adult goes through. “What do I want to do with my life?” “What am I passionate about?” “What do I not suck at?” I often receive emails from people in their 40s and 50s who still have no clue what they want to do with themselves.

Part of the problem is the concept of “life purpose” itself. The idea that we were each born for some higher purpose and it’s now our cosmic mission to find it. This is the same kind of shitty logic used to justify things like spirit crystals or that your lucky number is 34 (but only on Tuesdays or during full moons).

Here’s the truth. We exist on this earth for some undetermined period of time. During that time we do things. Some of these things are important. Some of them are unimportant. And those important things give our lives meaning and happiness. The unimportant ones basically just kill time.

So when people say, “What should I do with my life?” or “What is my life purpose?” what they’re actually asking is: “What can I do with my time that is important?”

This is an infinitely better question to ask. It’s far more manageable and it doesn’t have all of the ridiculous baggage that the “life purpose” question does. There’s no reason for you to be contemplating the cosmic significance of your life while sitting on your couch all day eating Doritos. Rather, you should be getting off your ass and discovering what feels important to you.

One of the most common email questions I get is people asking me what they should do with their lives, what their “life purpose” is. This is an impossible question for me to answer. After all, for all I know, this person is really into knitting sweaters for kittens or filming gay bondage porn in their basement. I have no clue. Who am I to say what’s right or what’s important to them?

But after some research, I have put together a series of questions to help you figure out for yourself what is important to you and what can add more meaning to your life.

These questions are by no means exhaustive or definitive. In fact, they’re a little bit ridiculous. But I made them that way because discovering purpose in our lives should be something that’s fun and interesting, not a chore.

1. WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE FLAVOR OF SHIT SANDWICH AND DOES IT COME WITH AN OLIVE?

Ah, yes. The all-important question. What flavor of shit sandwich would you like to eat? Because here’s the sticky little truth about life that they don’t tell you at high school pep rallies:

Everything sucks, some of the time.

Now, that probably sounds incredibly pessimistic of me. And you may be thinking, “Hey Mr. Manson, turn that frown upside down.” But I actually think this is a liberating idea.

Everything involves sacrifice. Everything includes some sort of cost. Nothing is pleasurable or uplifting all of the time. So the question becomes: what struggle or sacrifice are you willing to tolerate? Ultimately, what determines our ability to stick with something we care about is our ability to handle the rough patches and ride out the inevitable rotten days.

If you want to be a brilliant tech entrepreneur, but you can’t handle failure, then you’re not going to make it far. If you want to be a professional artist, but you aren’t willing to see your work rejected hundreds, if not thousands of times, then you’re done before you start. If you want to be a hotshot court lawyer, but can’t stand the 80-hour workweeks, then I’ve got bad news for you.

turd-sandwich What unpleasant experiences are you able to handle? Are you able to stay up all night coding? Are you able to put off starting a family for 10 years? Are you able to have people laugh you off the stage over and over again until you get it right?

What shit sandwich do you want to eat? Because we all get served one eventually.

Might as well pick one with an olive.

2. WHAT IS TRUE ABOUT YOU TODAY THAT WOULD MAKE YOUR 8-YEAR-OLD SELF CRY?

When I was a child, I used to write stories. I used to sit in my room for hours by myself, writing away, about aliens, about superheroes, about great warriors, about my friends and family. Not because I wanted anyone to read it. Not because I wanted to impress my parents or teachers. But for the sheer joy of it.

And then, for some reason, I stopped. And I don’t remember why.

We all have a tendency to lose touch with what we loved as a child. Something about the social pressures of adolescence and professional pressures of young adulthood squeezes the passion out of us. We’re taught that the only reason to do something is if we’re somehow rewarded for it.

It wasn’t until I was in my mid-20s that I rediscovered how much I loved writing. And it wasn’t until I started my business that I remembered how much I enjoyed building websites — something I did in my early teens, just for fun.

The funny thing though, is that if my 8-year-old self had asked my 20-year-old self, “Why don’t you write anymore?” and I replied, “Because I’m not good at it,” or “Because nobody would read what I write,” or “Because you can’t make money doing that,” not only would I have been completely wrong, but that 8-year-old boy version of myself would have probably started crying.

3. WHAT MAKES YOU FORGET TO EAT AND POOP?

We’ve all had that experience where we get so wrapped up in something that minutes turn into hours and hours turn into “Holy crap, I forgot to have dinner.”

Supposedly, in his prime, Isaac Newton’s mother had to regularly come in and remind him to eat because he would go entire days so absorbed in his work that he would forget.

I used to be like that with video games. This probably wasn’t a good thing. In fact, for many years it was kind of a problem. I would sit and play video games instead of doing more important things like studying for an exam, or showering regularly, or speaking to other humans face-to-face.

It wasn’t until I gave up the games that I realized my passion wasn’t for the games themselves (although I do love them). My passion is for improvement, being good at something and then trying to get better. The games themselves — the graphics, the stories — they were cool, but I can easily live without them. It’s the competition — with others, but especially with myself — that I thrive on.

And when I applied that obsessiveness for improvement and self-competition to an internet business and to my writing, well, things took off in a big way.

Maybe for you, it’s something else. Maybe it’s organizing things efficiently, or getting lost in a fantasy world, or teaching somebody something, or solving technical problems. Whatever it is, don’t just look at the activities that keep you up all night, but look at the cognitive principles behind those activities that enthrall you. Because they can easily be applied elsewhere.

4. HOW CAN YOU BETTER EMBARRASS YOURSELF?

Before you are able to be good at something and do something important, you must first suck at something and have no clue what you’re doing. That’s pretty obvious. And in order to suck at something and have no clue what you’re doing, you must embarrass yourself in some shape or form, often repeatedly. And most people try to avoid embarrassing themselves, namely because it sucks.

Ergo, due to the transitive property of awesomeness, if you avoid anything that could potentially embarrass you, then you will never end up doing something that feels important.

Yes, it seems that once again, it all comes back to vulnerability.

Right now, there’s something you want to do, something you think about doing, something you fantasize about doing, yet you don’t do it. You have your reasons, no doubt. And you repeat these reasons to yourself ad infinitum.

But what are those reasons? Because I can tell you right now that if those reasons are based on what others would think, then you’re screwing yourself over big time.

If your reasons are something like, “I can’t start a business because spending time with my kids is more important to me,” or “Playing Starcraft all day would probably interfere with my music, and music is more important to me,” then OK. Sounds good.

But if your reasons are, “My parents would hate it,” or “My friends would make fun of me,” or “If I failed, I’d look like an idiot,” then chances are, you’re actually avoiding something you truly care about because caring about that thing is what scares the shit out of you, not what mom thinks or what Timmy next door says.

Living a life avoiding embarrassment is akin to living a life with your head in the sand.

Great things are, by their very nature, unique and unconventional. Therefore, to achieve them, we must go against the herd mentality. And to do that is scary.

Embrace embarrassment. Feeling foolish is part of the path to achieving something important, something meaningful. The more a major life decision scares you, chances are the more you need to be doing it.

5. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO SAVE THE WORLD?

In case you haven’t seen the news lately, the world has a few problems. And by “a few problems,” what I really mean is, “everything is fucked and we’re all going to die.”

I’ve harped on this before, and the research also bears it out, but to live a happy and healthy life, we must hold on to values that are greater than our own pleasure or satisfaction.1

So pick a problem and start saving the world. There are plenty to choose from. Our screwed up education systems, economic development, domestic violence, mental health care, governmental corruption. Hell, I just saw an article this morning on sex trafficking in the US and it got me all riled up and wishing I could do something. It also ruined my breakfast.

Find a problem you care about and start solving it. Obviously, you’re not going to fix the world’s problems by yourself. But you can contribute and make a difference. And that feeling of making a difference is ultimately what’s most important for your own happiness and fulfillment.

Now, I know what you’re thinking. “Gee Mark, I read all of this horrible stuff and I get all pissed off too, but that doesn’t translate to action, much less a new career path.”

Glad you asked…

6. GUN TO YOUR HEAD, IF YOU HAD TO LEAVE THE HOUSE ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, WHERE WOULD YOU GO AND WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

For many of us, the enemy is just old-fashioned complacency. We get into our routines. We distract ourselves. The couch is comfortable. The Doritos are cheesy. And nothing new happens.

This is a problem.

What most people don’t understand is that passion is the result of action, not the cause of it.2, 3

Discovering what you’re passionate about in life and what matters to you is a full-contact sport, a trial-and-error process. None of us know exactly how we feel about an activity until we actually do the activity.

So ask yourself, if someone put a gun to your head and forced you to leave your house every day for everything except for sleep, how would you choose to occupy yourself? And no, you can’t just go sit in a coffee shop and browse Facebook. You probably already do that. Let’s pretend there are no useless websites, no video games, no TV. You have to be outside of the house all day every day until it’s time to go to bed — where would you go and what would you do?

Sign up for a dance class? Join a book club? Go get another degree? Invent a new form of irrigation system that can save the thousands of children’s lives in rural Africa? Learn to hang glide?

What would you do with all of that time?

If it strikes your fancy, write down a few answers and then, you know, go out and actually do them. Bonus points if it involves embarrassing yourself.

7. IF YOU KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO DIE ONE YEAR FROM TODAY, WHAT WOULD YOU DO AND HOW WOULD YOU WANT TO BE REMEMBERED?

Most of us don’t like thinking about death. It freaks us out. But thinking about our own death surprisingly has a lot of practical advantages. One of those advantages is that it forces us to zero in on what’s actually important in our lives and what’s just frivolous and distracting.

When I was in college, I used to walk around and ask people, “If you had a year to live, what would you do?” As you can imagine, I was a huge hit at parties. A lot of people gave vague and boring answers. A few drinks were nearly spit on me. But it did cause people to really think about their lives in a different way and re-evaluate what their priorities were.

This man’s headstone will read: “Here lies Greg. He watched every episode of ’24’… twice.”

What is your legacy going to be? What are the stories people are going to tell when you’re gone? What is your obituary going to say? Is there anything to say at all? If not, what would you like it to say? How can you start working towards that today?

And again, if you fantasize about your obituary saying a bunch of badass shit that impresses a bunch of random other people, then again, you’re failing here.

When people feel like they have no sense of direction, no purpose in their life, it’s because they don’t know what’s important to them, they don’t know what their values are.

And when you don’t know what your values are, then you’re essentially taking on other people’s values and living other people’s priorities instead of your own. This is a one-way ticket to unhealthy relationships and eventual misery.

Discovering one’s “purpose” in life essentially boils down to finding those one or two things that are bigger than yourself, and bigger than those around you. And to find them you must get off your couch and act, and take the time to think beyond yourself, to think greater than yourself, and paradoxically, to imagine a world without yourself.

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Stella Cheang on Feb 7, 2018 at 11:23 am

As random as these seven questions may seem, they somewhat make us think about the priorities we are giving to several aspect in life. The questions also helps to stimulate some thoughts on what motivate us or what trigger us to get out of our routine to try something different. Would it the ambition to try save the world, or the knowledge of impending death, or perhaps a forgotten passion, or even the embarrassment of achieving nothing? Some good questions to ponder. Thank you for this sharing.

Thank you Rinpoche for sharing this very interesting and profound article.

As we grow up, sooner or later , we will be confronted by someone, a relative or friend, who will ask us about what we want to do with our lives. If we have an answer already, it is usually an answer that conforms with the norms society has set for us.More often than not, one’s life’s purpose as dictated by society,does not ultimately bring us happiness. Instead more frustrations and disillusionment, if we are to be honest about it.

Hence these 7 questions are great because they make us probe our minds and find out, in truth, what should be our life’s purpose. Ultimately, we will find out that we have to have a vision that is bigger than ourselves and to go beyond ourselves. We have to see that what society says should be the goal of our lives is essentially about the pursuit of SELF happiness and about realising the conventional dream of our making good in life -BECOMING RICH AND FAMOUS. It is better that we realise the falsity and hopelessness of this dream now than to go all the way in life to pursue it and crash and then it may b too late.

1.WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE FLAVOR OF SHIT SANDWICH AND DOES IT COME WITH AN OLIVE?
2. WHAT IS TRUE ABOUT YOU TODAY THAT WOULD MAKE YOUR 8-YEAR-OLD SELF CRY?
3. WHAT MAKES YOU FORGET TO EAT AND POOP?
4. HOW CAN YOU BETTER EMBARRASS YOURSELF?
5. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO SAVE THE WORLD?
6. GUN TO YOUR HEAD, IF YOU HAD TO LEAVE THE HOUSE ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, WHERE WOULD YOU GO AND WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
7. IF YOU KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO DIE ONE YEAR FROM TODAY, WHAT WOULD YOU DO AND HOW WOULD YOU WANT TO BE REMEMBERED?

7 interesting questions that I never ask myself before. The last question is a good question because everyone will surely gone from the earth, thus how would you want to be remember? This let me think for a while… thanks for sharing this article.

I remember vaguely that I have read this post three years ago. The picture of Greg refreshed my memories :p Thanks to your comment that I am reading this again and I must say it is more apt than ever!

I have asked my 8 year old, actually it felt like 5, what matters most and what have I long forgotten because of peer pressures, low self-esteem and wrong values. There were things I wanted to do that I fear doing after 30 over years of me telling myself that I will never be good at, the fear of failing and looking completely stupid. Opsh, did I not just disclosed my age? LOL

The main issue here is me creating all obstacles within myself, convincing myself to stay comfortably within my fear and live life taking on other people’s values and priorities which obviously strongly objected by my 5 year old. The powerful thing is, somehow or another, the 5 year old has managed to get me to where I meant to be and it is now up to the 30 year old to openly face it and do something about it. If the 30 year old chooses to ignore it, she can be on the right path but will end up doing all the wrong thing. This is a result of avoiding doing what is necessary or to fulfil the life purpose.

My point is we all know what we are meant to be doing – the opposite of what we are unhappy about our current situation. If we claimed we don’t, changes are we are avoiding the fact that we have allowed ourselves hiding in our fear behind the smallest and insignificant things like a TV programme, video games, Lays crisps, cleaning in my case, than to deal with the real deal.

These questions are another skilful ways to help us see where we are and if we are honest about changing for the better, we know what to do.

Thank you so much Rinpoche for sharing this article . I’ve never thought about my purpose of life only until recently , only when i’ve joined Kechara . All these years blindly following the herd , chasing after life’s luxuries never endingly . I now know what to do , slowly but surely I’ll do more for others’ because that’s where true happiness lies

Wow what a powerful read this was. “passion is the result of action, not the cause of it.” I love this saying and quote! And liked how Manson actually used the big taboo question on “death” which in Buddhism is part of our daily meditation to remind us to move ourselves in to being in action. It reminds me of many of RInpoche’s advice and teachings on death and what we want to leave behind when we’re gone. A legacy, a nice memory or bitter end no one cares about. Must remember this.

Manson wrote this article very truthfully blunt, very true, which is exactly how life presents itself, but how much we are will to embrace it all and rise above it all shows us how bad we want it. Must read this article again and contemplate… it provokes a lot of good questions to one’s being and purpose. Thank you Rinpoche for posting this up!

I know I may be too young to read something like this, but this really helped me to sort out my thoughts about what I want to be in the future. I’m in Singapore currently after receiving ASEAN scholarship, thinking that this scholarship can help me realize what I want to do with my life, but apparently, I don’t see the “light”. I don’t know what I should do with the chances given to me and although I’m more of an “arts” person, I had no choice but to take up “sciences”. I had a passion for arts and dance but I was too chicken to try, even in singapore as I was scared of being judged by my peers. I feel that living has no purpose if I were to just study and graduate and get a good job and… well you know the drill. Then out of nowhere one of the pastor’s frequent words came to me: “READ RINPOCHE’S BLOG”, and I did. And I came across this post. And question number 4 made everything in my mind click. And I’m going to take up dance and poetry writing as my co-curricular activities.

Thank you for sharing how this blog post has changed you, your views on life and even your personal goals 🙂

You may feel that you may be too young to read something like this, but it’s a good thing that you did! Life’s too short, it’s better to pursue a path of passion than one due to peer pressure and fear of judgment. People will criticise anyways, if you’re doing nothing that harms others like dancing and poetry – go for it!

I’m happy to see that you’ve chosen a path that you feel will make you happy. If you have any questions whilst pursuing your studies, I’m sure that the Kechara Pastors will be more than willing to answer any of your questions! http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/ask-the-pastors

What can I do with my time that is important? My “important thing” always changes. I used to think that have quality life and travel around the world is the most important thing for me.

However, if I were going to die in a year, what are the things that are important to me? Travel around the world and enjoy my life? Or helping others who in needs? I think I will go for the later because it is much more meaningful. The second thing that is important for me is to fulfill all my promises so that I will leave with no regret.

If I have found the important things for me, why do I wait until a year before I die to do it? Why not now? This may sound “funny” or stupid to others. But what matter to us is our own happiness and fulfillment.

Thanks for Rinpoche’s sharing. It was truth that we always ask ourself ” what’s the meaning in living in this world” , how I going to spend my life”..and shame to say that I still did not have clear direction about this and keeping carry on every day just like other..study, working, take care children …maybe I still don’t know what is important of my life or I know it but choose to ignore it. …really need to contemplate and found out the “truth” meaning of the “Life”.

This was wonderful! Great questions! I always draw a blank when I try to think what is my life’s purpose. So much here to think about. I really love the point blank way it is written also. It like a slap in the face, “Wake the hell up!”. I have always wanted to learn to weave or hook a rug. I am going to go give it a try just becaue of reading this. Hugs.

I have been asking myself what’s the purpose of my life for the longest time ever. Whereas I should be asking “what can I do with my time that is important?”. Yes, I can continue to work and earn money and be merry and indulge in all the worldly entertainment. But are these activities important to me when I am dying, entering the white light, and in my next life or next next life. Once realizing that all worldly concerns are fleetingly impermanence, it is logical for us to spend our time on activities that is important and have lasting benefits.

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Tuesday, Mar 20. 2018 05:24 AM

Many people including Dr Richard (at the beginning stage) have the perceptions that happiness is come from the material possessions such as money, cars, houses and etc etc. In fact, all of the material possessions and status are just to satisfy our desires and not happiness.

Very grateful that Dr Richard stood out and shared his life experience by letting people know that true happiness is not only focus on the material possessions and serving ourselves. Be compassionate and always think of others and understand others’ pain and suffering in mentally, physically, hardship, emotionally, financially and so forth. Letting go give us freedom and help us find the true happiness. Adversely, the more we focus only ourselves, the more suffering may have to go through. The choice is in our hands.

Thank you Rinpoche for sharing this inspiring story of Dr Richard and reminds me that only Dharma can help us especially when the death comes to us.

Appreciate Digital Journal who is another big media network to write an article about Rinpoche’s comments on self immolation. It is not acceptable that Tibetan Leadership is not taking any action to stop the suffering on their people. 152 cases and still does not dawn on them of their people’s request. Thank you Rinpoche for your work in standing up for the Dorje Shugden practitioners and enduring all the attacks from various sources.

With this article and hopefully many more to come, more people would stand up against self immolation and unfairness imposed by Tibetan Leadership. The government can’t just stay numb but instead quickly engage in peaceful dialog to resolve this matter.

The friendly ties between China and Nepal today is excellent news for the people of Nepal as well as spiritual aspirants in general. With the strong economical backing from China, Nepal will be able to develop and preserve many historical and cultural sites, which include the birth place of Buddha, Lumbini, as well as many other holy sites. With better preservation and cultivation, more pilgrims will be able to pay homage at the sacred sites and make a strong connection with Buddha and gain the blessing. This is truly good news for all! Rejoice. Thank you for sharing.

I am glad I came across this post. Truly amazing looking at those thangkas . Those beautiful thangkas tells us a thousand words each and every thangkas depicts the life story of Lama Tsongkhapa. Thank you Rinpoche for sharing .

The relations between Nepal and the People’s Republic of China are age old and deep rooted. Nepal’s pressing need for an economic boost and China’s interest has proven the ability in aiding Nepal. China influence over Nepal in recent years is just increasing recently with Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, been elected as the Prime Minister of Nepal . China and Nepal have been stepping up efforts through economic engagement , speeding up plans to build a railway line connecting to Nepal’s border from Zhangmu and proposed extension of the Qinghai-Lhasa railway from Zhangmu to the capital and onwards to Lumbini. The economic cooperation between Nepal and China will help to improve connectivity between the two countries Wow ….China agreed to provide Rs 48 million assistance to Nepal ,for the country development and also to preserve and advancement of Buddhist and other spiritual practices in the country.
Thank you Rinpoche and Seow Choong Liang for this interesting post.

Thank you Rinpoche for sharing the story of beautiful Tara and the beautiful praise. Tara is a gentle female embodiment of universal compassion and the enlightened, virtuous and miraculous activity of all Buddhas. Interesting to know that there are other different legends about her origin. One of the legend…….Tara is believed to be born from the compassionate tears of Avalokiteshvara, The Buddha of compassion and another she was born as a compassionate princess.
As said Tara’s loving compassion is stronger than the love of a mother for her children and her deepest desire is to diminish our suffering. There are varies forms of Tara, the Green and White Taras are the widely worshipped . All the forms are beautiful , I love most is the White Tara and Green Tara. May Mother Tara blessed all of us, and free us from sufferings through Dharma practice.

Rejoice …..not only one but two beautiful Bhagawan Dorje Shugden Chapels been established in Kathmandu now. More and more people get connected to our Powerful Protector. We have to thank those involved , the many kind and generous sponsors, the supportive authorities concerned to name a few. Without their tireless effort ,there won’nt be two chapels , the first in 2016 and the latest added one in early 2017. The Dorje Shugden is spreading ,it’s a good sign . May the people at the two chapels be blessed. May HH Dalai Lama please lift the ban soon for the benefits of all people around the globe.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing this great news .

Lama Temple is as the Yonghe Lamasery, or The Yonghe Temple and sometimes it is also known as Harmony and Peace Palace Lamasery. It is a temple and monastery of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism located in Beijing, China. Having a beautiful architectures , has Attracted many locals and foreign to visit this temple. The building and artwork of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles. This temple is considered as the largest and most perfectly preserved lamasery in present day China .Initially it was built in 1694 During this Qing Dynasty. This exceptional temple is a glittering attraction in Běijīng’s Buddhist firmament. This Lama Temple was originally the home of Qing dynasty Prince Yong before he became the Emperor Yongzheng.
I have not been to Beijing before, i would love to visit these beautiful temple one day.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing ,with much details and will be easier for those intend to visit it.

Tsem Rinpoche felt so honored. He gave the biggest room in the house to Kensur Rinpoche. He furnished his teacher’s room and planted flowers and trees so it would be pleasant for his lama.

Tsem Rinpoche served Kensur Rinpoche as his secretary and assistant during his tenure as abbot. He also single-handedly brought Kensur Rinpoche’s diabetes under control, ensuring all food was regulated, medication given on time, schedules were not too taxing and personal attendants were trained to take care of the lama.

When Tsem Rinpoche was about to move to his new ladrang, one of the monks advised him to invite Kensur Jampa Yeshe Rinpoche to stay with him. At the time, Kensur Rinpoche was the abbot of Gaden Shartse Monastery, but he also stayed in a small room in Zong Ladrang.

Thus, Tsem Rinpoche invited Kensur Rinpoche to move in with him. He also promised that should Kensur Rinpoche agree to move in with him, he would take care of his needs, serve him and be his assistant. Kensur Rinpoche agreed.

It is with a heavy heart to read this article and the message from the great Buddhist master of the Karmapa tradition. His incarnation status of the great heritage of the lineage put the Karmapa at a spot where he is surrounded by politics that come with conflict and deception. It is very unfortunate that a great incarnated master who is destined to dedicate his life to Buddhism and the spreading of authentic teaching, fell prey to the ugly clutches of politicians! This is the misfortune of the people, of his followers and students, as well as of all Buddhists. May all Lamas and Buddhist leaders forget the rifts from the past, look beyond the line that divides and look at the greater good by bringing authentic Buddhism to many more people! Thank you, Rinpoche, for this sharing.

The opening of Dorje Shugden chapels in the busy streets of Kathmandu is a key milestone, as it signifies the tearing down the invisible barriers in the mind of people; people will feel welcome to worship and receive blessings from Bhagawan Dorje Shugden. To the public of Kathmandu, they are familiar with the streets where the chapels are, making it accessible for them. Coupled with the fact that people can invite the Dorje Shugden free distribution items home; everyone, regardless of creed and faith can make a connection with the divine Dharmapala. How wonderful. Rejoice! This is truly the spirit of Buddhism and made possible through the compassion and grace of His Eminence Tsem Rinpoche. Thank you for this uplifting sharing.

Gedun Nyedrak’s succeeding incarnation was found in the Drikung district of Tibet amidst auspicious portents of a high incarnate Lama. He was named Kentrul Thubten Lamsang. He obtained his Geshe Lharampa degree in the presence of H.H. the great 13th Dalai Lama and various other esteemed masters.

Kentrul Rinpoche was known for his devotion to Dorje Shugden and the special connection he created between the laypeople of Phari, Tibet with this Dharma Protector.

Gedun Nyedrak was born in northern Kham, Tibet to the Selsha household of Tsem Monastery. “Tsem” is the honorific word for “tooth,” because the monastery was the custodian of the tooth relic of Lama Tsongkhapa. One of Gedun Nyedrak’s notable achievements was the restoration of Gaden Shartse Monastery, which had been desecrated by civil unrest.

After Gedun Nyedrak’s retirement as abbot, he spent the remainder of his life living in a cave and engaging in a White Tara retreat, which he dedicated to the long life of the 13th Dalai Lama. During this retreat, Gedun Nyedrak left his body and entered clear light.

Wow ….interesting knowledge of all those herbs which are used for making incense. The health benefits of using herbal incense are countless. There are so many different herbs for a variety of different applications in the market. Some are used in food flavouring , healing , cleansing and purifying of negatives environment and for religious use . The most calming, soothing herbs for incense do wonders for relaxation and sleep. Herbs are widely used by different cultures all over the world for recovery and good health. Interesting to know of the tibetan Sage (Ganden Khenpa) ‘s legend behind it. Amazing how the epidemic were cured by the burning it as incense. Its wonderful to know its benefits and properties of the herbs and resins.
Thank you Rinpoche and Pastor Antoinette Kass for this sharing.

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Dear everyone... This is a good condensed talk I gave on Guru Yoga of Tsongkapa. This is the one you should share with others when they are interested in a not too lengthy explanation. It is the perfect practice for everyone who wants simplicity yet effective blessings. You can share this with more people, it will be good.

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ANIMAL QUOTES

"If you say you don't have money to help a animal shelter, why then do you have money to buy meat?"

~ Tsem Rinpoche

"Eating animals is not our God-given right, but being kind to them is."

~ Tsem Rinpoche

"What makes us good humans is not how we abuse animals, but how much we allow them to live and be happy freely."

~ Tsem Rinpoche

"We need another and wiser and perhaps a more mythical concept of animals.... We patronize them for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate of having taken form so far below ourselves. And therein we err, and greatly err. For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complex than ours they moved finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth."

~ Henry Beston, The Outermost House

"Not eating animals is only unnatural when we are not used to it."

~ Tsem Rinpoche

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES

"We may encounter defeat, but we must not be defeated."

~ Tsem Rinpoche

"What you are today, is the choice you made yesterday."

~ Tsem Rinpoche

"You think you can choose your life? What an ego trip!"

~ Lama Yeshe

"If TODAY you are dissatisfied, you must make the changes to create different results for TOMORROW."

~ Tsem Rinpoche

SPIRITUAL QUOTES

“If one does the recitation of the Lama Tsongkhapa guru yoga prayer for even one month using one of the visualizations for great or clear or quick wisdom, one will definitely see development of that wisdom. It is proved by experience. There is no doubt that by doing the Lama Tsongkhapa guru yoga practice one can meet Lama Tsongkhapa’s teachings from life to life. And furthermore, it gives one the opportunity to be born in the pure realm of Lama Tsongkhapa, Tushita, whenever death happens.”

~ Pabongkha Rinpoche

"I was 18 years old in 1983. That was a very special year as I met His Holiness Kyabje Zong Rinpoche and received innumerable precious teachings and empowerments from Him at Thubten Dhargye Ling Centre in Los Angeles, California. It was the best time of my life. A time that seems so magical and surreal to me. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche is Heruka Buddha and I met Heruka."

~ Tsem Rinpoche

"If being me offends you, maybe I'm not the problem."

~ Tsem Rinpoche

"Never abandon your spiritual teacher no matter how many inner obstacles you need to overcome."

~ Tsem Rinpoche

"Actions to force something to be permanent makes all the karmas arise."

~ Tsem Rinpoche

"The dharma is not easy to listen to… because some people take it as criticism. But Dharma should not be just feel good only for the moment but for deeper contemplations."

~ Tsem Rinpoche

"Whether we do work and suffer but for others or we do work and suffer for ourselves, either way we have to suffer. That is the nature of samsara. So let us suffer for others and then suffering has meaning."

~ Tsem Rinpoche

"Those who really want the dharma to grow within themselves and to grow for others should never fear hard work, timing, difficulties, struggles, disappointments because it is for a good cause. Working for Dharma is not a prison or work, but it is purely spiritual practice. It is purely collection of merit and purification. Actually not doing dharma work is the real prison."

~ Tsem Rinpoche

"His Holiness Zong Rinpoche stressed the need to continue to practice even when we come up against obstacles, and that we should continually review our progress. He stated that a happy, luxurious life was like a good dream, and that obstacles and difficulties were like a bad dream. We should give them no significance, but simply carry on working towards real, everlasting happiness."

LIFE QUOTES

"I pity men who occupy themselves exclusively with the transitory in things and lose themselves in the study of what is perishable, since we are here for this very end-that we may make the perishable imperishable, which we can do only after we have learned how to approach both."

~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Money amplifies negative characteristics and that can cause problems.
To walk away from that was actually very easy. I didn't even consider it."

~ Angeline Francis Khoo

"I shall not commit the fashionable stupidity of regarding everything I cannot explain as a fraud."

~ Carl Jung

"There is a devil there is no doubt, but is he trying to get into us or trying to get out?"

~ Tsem Rinpoche

"If you love someone, show it by being honest, respectful & honorable with them."

~ Tsem Rinpoche

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."

~ Henry David Thoreau

"If I can just be the way I am & you the way you are & we accept each other, world peace is near."

~ Tsem Rinpoche

"I am Asian, you are some other beautiful color. Together we make diversity so beautiful."

~ Tsem Rinpoche

"It's amazing how some people have never met me or know who I am, but based on a few things they read here & there & rumours, they have formulated a new personality for me & all the things I've never done they passionately speak about....I find it funny and entertaining now. I guess we can't spend our lives fighting rumours...we just have to work hard & then rumours get proven wrong on it's own as a by product. No point explaining repeatedly. Just do our work & show results!!"

~ Tsem Rinpoche

"There's a difference between patience and laziness. Patience comes from respect while laziness from disrespect of others."

~ Tsem Rinpoche

"Although outwardly we have so much, we have so many conveniences, inwardly we have become more unhappy, so, acquisition is not the secret to happiness. The more we get, the more we have, the more unhappy we become."

~ Tsem Rinpoche

"Before we experience any pain, we already had a fixed view of how things should be. When the experience we encounter contradicts our views, then the pain arises. The pain arises due to our fixed views not so much the experience itself. So the secret is changing the views. Re-educating ourselves on our views."

~ Tsem Rinpoche

"You know since very young, for better or worse, I always did the things that others told me not to do. I wasn't really good at following the rules. Even now with how I share Dharma and my practice, I just do it the way I think it should be done but I do it sincerely. Not what others tell me what I can and can't do."

~ Tsem Rinpoche

"Love me or hate me, both are in my favor... If you love me, I'll always be in your heart... If you hate me, I'll always be in your mind."

~ William Shakespeare

"One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous or honest."

The Unknown

The Known and unknown are both feared,
Known is being comfortable and stagnant,
The unknown may be growth and opportunities,
One shall never know if one fears the unknown more than the known.
Who says the unknown would be worse than the known?
But then again, the unknown is sometimes worse than the known. In the end nothing is known unless we endeavour,
So go pursue all the way with the unknown,
because all unknown with familiarity becomes the known.
~Tsem Rinpoche

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7 days ago

How fortunate I am to be sitting in my room, with a rosary in my hand reciting the mantra given to me by my compassionate guru and to meditate in developing a compassionate heart and purifying my karmas. How fortunate I am to be able to spend my time in such a meaningful manner. Tsem Rinpoche

2 weeks ago

Comic drawn by Tendor, a prominent Free Tibet activist-Every Tibetan knows that although His Holiness the Dalai Lama says he is retired from politics, he is in full control of the Tibetan government in exile. No member of the government will dare carry out any decisions without His Holiness' approval. He is retired for the sake of the west so he does not look like a dictator.~Tenzin Damchoe

3 weeks ago

It would be wonderful if everyone can recite these two mantras 100k each focusing on Shakyamuni Buddha and His powerful healing energies. Not collectively but each person 100k each of each mantra. Praise to Shakyamuni the Sage who showed us a permanent way to bliss.

3 weeks ago

In Tibet Shannan area Riwoche Ling Monastery, devotees are putting Tsem Rinpoche's photo inside the cabinet together with the Buddha he loves - Dorje Shugden
在西藏山南日乌曲林寺，信徒们把詹杜固仁波切的法照和他最敬爱的多杰雄登护法像摆在一起

Here, His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche (left), one of the tutors of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, confers one of the many countless tantric initiations on the Dalai Lama (right). You can see a young Dalai Lama bowing in this picture with Trijang Rinpoche blessing him. Trijang Rinpoche is therefore undoubtedly the Dalai Lama’s tantric master. A great master at that. Tsem Rinpoche

1 month ago

This is a very sacred statue of Buddha Chenresig (Avalokitesvara/Kuan Yin) that manifested many miracles in North India. Read and see more pictures and understand the background here: http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=153802

2 months ago

Wonderful updated version of The Promise book is out! Please get your copy. Much more new information included.

Beautiful and sacred Vajra Yogini in Pharping, Nepal. The caretaker said it was owned by the Great Marpa the translator who was the guru of Milarepa. Wow.

2 months ago

In the Lankavatara Sutra, Lord Buddha says: "For innumerable reasons, the Bodhisattva, whose nature is compassion, is not to any meat. Thus Mahamati, whenever there is the evolution of living beings, let people cherish the thought of kinship with them, and thinking that all beings are [to be loved as if they were] and only child, let them refrain from eating meat. Mahamati, meat is not eaten by anybody for any reason, there will be no destroyer of life. Thus, Mahamati, meat-eating I have not permitted to anyone, I do not permit, I will not permit."

2 months ago

At times I have to be a trendsetter in spirituality as opposed to just being a follower and that is why I take chances and try. I may not be liked always for it, but I have to do it. In this way I have been introducing Dorje Shugden to the world. I know Shugden is good and will help so many and that is why I do it.

2 months ago

Courage is doing something you know the majority will not agree with and perhaps even some will scorn you for it, but you do it anyway because you know it's right and will benefit people at the cost of your own reputation. That's how I feel when I share Dorje Shugden's practice with the world.

2 months ago

Courage is doing something you know the majority will not agree with and perhaps even some will scorn you for it, but you do it anyway because you know it's right and you are true to yourself.

2 months ago

At times I have to be a trendsetter in spirituality as opposed to just being a follower and that is why I take chances and try. I may not be liked always for it, but I have to do it. In this way I have been introducing Dorje Shugden to the world. I know Shugden is good and will help so many and that is why I do it.

2 months ago

Courage is doing something you know the majority will not agree with and perhaps even some will scorn you for it, but you do it anyway because you know it's right and you are true to yourself.

2 months ago

Courage is doing something you know the majority will not agree with and perhaps even some will scorn you for it, but you do it anyway because you know it's right and will benefit people at the cost of your own reputation. That's how I feel when I share Dorje Shugden's practice with the world.

3 months ago

Beautiful Buddha built in Sarnath, India. Sarnath was the place where Lord Buddha first starting teaching the sacred Dharma. Tsem Rinpoche

3 months ago

This is so good. I need to remember this and not allow people to do this to me anymore. Being kind is one thing, but when they are doing it and it harms, it is not a matter of kindness anymore but taking advantage.

A gorgeous Dorje Shugden painted in traditional art style of China. Chinese art has flourished for over 5,000 years and highly sought after. This form of Dorje Shugden is sitting on a seat as you see painted in his chapel (Trode Khangsar) in Lhasa, Tibet. Dorje Shugden can be on a seat or Lion. More downloads here. http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/downloads/buddha-images.html

4 months ago

Dear friends, The Dorje Shugden oracle of Gaden Shartse Monastery was authorized and blessed by both Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche and Kyabje Zong Rinpoche. He was a favorite among high lamas for his smooth trances and clear prophecies. This video is a one-of-a-kind where you see the Choyang Dulzin Kuten oracle take trance of the peaceful form of Dorje Shugden wearing the robes of a high lama giving teachings, blessings and transmissions. Very sacred and rare video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pawS1TMOe8k

The Huffington Post extensively covers the Dorje Shugden issue. I had no idea that this article was being written. I was not contacted, not asked for an interview or asked for any comments, and then it was published and my students alerted me to it. So it was a very, very pleasant and encouraging surprise to read such balanced coverage from such a reputable news website. You can read it here: http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=149806

(Drepung) Dear friends, In the effort to be creative about something as holy and beneficial as Dorje Shugden, we've come out with these new and realistic depictions. One is Dorje Shugden visiting the Potala Palace and the other is Dorje Shugden arising from Drepung Monastery where he lived in Zimkhang Gangma Ladrang as a high lama. Please enjoy and be blessed. Sincerely, Tsem Rinpoche (High resolution downloads: http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/downloads/buddha-images.html )

4 months ago

Dear friends, In the effort to be creative about something as holy and beneficial as Dorje Shugden, we've come out with these new and realistic depictions. One is Dorje Shugden visiting the Potala Palace and the other is Dorje Shugden arising from Drepung Monastery where he lived in Zimkhang Gangma Ladrang as a high lama. Please enjoy and be blessed. Sincerely, Tsem Rinpoche (High resolution downloads: http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/downloads/buddha-images.html )

Dear friends, This meme is powerful. Who you hang around with and the types of attitude they have is who you will be influenced by many times and who you will become in the future. Look at your friends and the people that always surround you to know who you will become. Tsem Rinpoche

5 months ago

October 2017, His Holiness Gaden Trisur Rinpoche Jetsun Lungrik Namgyal graciously reading our Kechara album and updates as presented by Beng Kooi and Martin. He was very pleased with our progress and offers his blessings. Tsem Rinpoche

5 months ago

His Holiness Gaden Trisur Rinpoche grants audience to Beng Kooi and Martin in France. Read more on His Holiness Gaden Trisur Rinpoche: http://bit.ly/1PlaNNS

5 months ago

Recently Beng Kooi and Martin on behalf of myself and Kechara was lucky to have audience with His Holiness Gaden Trisur Rinpoche Jetsun Lungrik Namgyal of Gaden Shartse Monastery. He lives in around Paris, France. His Holiness is 91 years old and very healthy and alert. He was the 101st throne holder for Tsongkapa and was the head of the Gelugpa school of Buddhism and was very successful during his tenure. He is a strong practitioner of both Sutra and Tantra of Je Tsongkapa's tradition and a master of all Buddhist knowledge. He holds steadfast to his protector Dorje Shugden very strongly. So we can see even the highest throneholders who are masters of Sutra and Tantra also practices Dorje Shugden knowing the benefits.
Beng Kooi and Martin brought photo albums of Kechara Forest Retreat/Kechara and updates on Kechara and our works. His Holiness was very pleased to listen and offered some gifts back.
This is a beautiful picture and the great blessings bestowed on us from His Holiness Gaden Trisur Rinpoche Jetsun Lungrik Namgyal.
Humbly, Tsem Rinpoche
Read more on His Holiness Gaden Trisur Rinpoche: http://bit.ly/1PlaNNS

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1 week ago

Super neat footage of Patty the Bigfoot!

In 1967, Bob Gimlin and Roger Patterson stumbled across an incredible sight whilst out in Bluff Creek, in the California wilderness. At a creek which had been freshly washed-out by recent floods, they witnessed a female Bigfoot swiftly traverse the rugged landscape. Since their filmed encounter with the Bigfoot, who has since been nicknamed Patty, many have disputed the authenticity of their recording but no one has been able to successfully prove that it is a fake.
Credits for this video goes to entirely to windvale for the original footage.

2 weeks ago

Adorable Tibetan kids wishing Happy New Year 2018

The children and their little well-wishing voices are adorable!! It is a must listen. They recite prayers to Dorje Shugden to invoke blessings for everyone for the New Year 2018! At one point, they sprinkle some of the drink into the air as per tradition as an offering to Dorje Shugden. Shugden's practice in Tibet has been strong for four hundred years and is continuing to grow. Happy New Year (Losar) to everyone. May everyone have peace. Sarva Mangalam!

3 weeks ago

Dogs are super intelligent. This dog was trained as a service dog to help his owner who suffers from seizures. It even goes to the extent whereby he will lie under her head when she has a seizure, to protect her head from banging on the floor.

3 weeks ago

Beautiful Tibetan children wishing Happy New Year!

4 weeks ago

Ven Lobsang Jigme of Tsem Monastery in Yara, Tibet is passing out pictures of Tsem Rinpoche to the locals.

A mother's love is made up of a deep sense of care, of sacrifice and pain as a mother's heart is always with her children. Watch this touching video.

4 months ago

Dorje Shugden & Ministers

Dorje Shugden and his two ministers, Kache Marpo and Namka Barzin. Vajrasecrets.com

4 months ago

Cham Dance

Cham is sacred dance. A dance that enacts the life story of a holy being. By participating in Cham, one is blessed to see the sacred life story of a being celebrated. This is a cham on Dorje Shugden. It\\\'s a short clip but interesting none-the-less. Tsem Rinpoche

4 months ago

The great Gautama Siddhartha meditating intensely is protected by the King of Nagas during heavy rains

The King of Nagas knows this great being Siddhartha will soon become the Buddha. By offering his own body as shelter to the Buddha to be, he honours the state of enlightenment which will be won and gains merit for himself for his future lives although he is a naga now. The pre-eminent Buddha is an object of perfect offering gaining great merits for all beings. Tsem Rinpoche

5 months ago

This topic is so hot in many circles right now.

This video is thought-provoking and very interesting. Watch! Thanks so much to our friends at LIVEKINDLY.

5 months ago

Chiropractic CHANGES LIFE for teenager with acute PAIN & DEAD LEG.

5 months ago

BEAUTIFUL PLACE IN NEW YORK STATE-AMAZING.

5 months ago

Leonardo DiCaprio takes on the meat Industry with real action.

5 months ago

Do psychic mediums have messages from beyond?

5 months ago

Lovely gift for my 52nd Birthday. Tsem Rinpoche

5 months ago

This 59-year-old chimpanzee was refusing food and ready to die until...

she received “one last visit from an old friend” 💔💔

5 months ago

Bigfoot sighted again and made it to the news.

5 months ago

Casper is such a cute and adorable. I like him.

5 months ago

Dorje Shugden Monastery Amarbayasgalant Mongolia's Ancient Hidden Gem

5 months ago

Don't you love Hamburgers? See how 'delicious' it is here!

5 months ago

Such a beautiful and powerful message from a person who knows the meaning of life. Tsem Rinpoche

5 months ago

What the meat industry figured out is that you don't need healthy animals to make a profit.

Sick animals are more profitable... farms calculate how close to death they can keep animals without killing them.
That's the business model.
How quickly they can be made to grow, how tightly they can be packed, how much or how little can they eat, how sick they can get without dying...
We live in a world in which it's conventional to treat an animal like a block of wood.
~ Jonathan Safran Foer

5 months ago

This video went viral and it's a must watch!!

6 months ago

SEE HOW THIS ANIMAL SERIAL KILLER HAS NO ISSUE BLUDGEONING THIS DEFENSELESS BEING.

This happens daily in slaughterhouse so you can get your pork and Bak ku teh. Stop eating meat.

6 months ago

Beautiful Buddha being sculpted from clay.

6 months ago

After a while, you are are numb and you just keep doing it. You don’t know what you are doing and you don’t see it for what it really is. Tsem Rinpoche

This is how the chickens are killed in the farm, they die a very horrible death.

6 months ago

America likes to police the world but their own record of civil rights is not on track. Watch this video from people of color in the US.

6 months ago

Important video to watch and learn.

6 months ago

Bigfoot’s voice captured on tape.

6 months ago

Amazing video that you will not regret watching.

7 months ago

Norma Jean

These are the heartbreaking scenes we see over and over again, that we share in the hopes of telling the stories of those who otherwise would have suffered and vanished from this earth without a trace. This is Norma Jean. Free for a little over five months, she knew more happiness than millions of her sisters ever will. But she couldn’t escape the fate genetically programmed into her as an egg producing machine. She seemed more lethargic than usual this morning, so we brought her inside to administer fluids and antibiotics in the hopes of pulling her through until we could get her in to see our vet. She couldn’t hang on. She died this evening shortly after this video was taken, severely infected from the rotting egg yolk adhered to various organs throughout her abdominal cavity. Like virtually every single one of her sisters, caged or free range, rescued or not, she paid the ultimate price for eggs (from FB)

7 months ago

If you want to change the world, start of by making your bed

If you want to change the world, measure a person by the size of their heart

7 months ago

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau visits a Hindu mandir (temple)

While on a visit to a Hindu mandir (temple), Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks on diversity as Canada's strength.

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1 week ago

Throw back yesterday was Kechara monthly animal liberation and save a life activity.Pastor Han Nee leading and thank you KSDS Teachers and Students's participated We delicate to our guru Tsem Tulku Rinpoche long life and always turn the dharma wheel.By Asyley Chia KSDS

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